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ISRAEL SETS FAVOURABLE FISCAL POLICY ENCOURAGING GAS EXPLORATION

A Committee to Examine the Fiscal Policy on Oil and Gas Resources in Israel recently recommended a new fiscal structure that ensures the cash flow of projects during the debt repayment period and reduces the state’s share in profits on par with other countries. The committee’s suggestions, which take into consideration feedback from the public, […]

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PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM SUMMIT PARTNERS BUYS ISRAEL’S ANSWERS.COM

AFCV Holdings, a unit of private equity firm Summit Partners, bought Answers Corporation’s community-generated Q&A site Answers.com for $127 million in cash. The web answers search engine, one of the world’s leading Q&A sites with 5.5 million registered members as of November 2010, was established in 1999 and recently hit its 10 million answers. Summit […]

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Chilean miners put their faith in Israel

As reported in Israel21C: “It is amazing to be here, in this place,” say the men, who were invited on a Pilgrimage of Thanks following their 68-day ordeal trapped underground.  It was dubbed a “Pilgrimage of Thanks,” as 25 of the 31 Chilean miners rescued from a collapsed mine last October traveled to Israel for an […]

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Green Buildings Breakfast – Presentations

Many efficiency related technologies evolved from pioneering research and development efforts of Israel’s high-tech and military sectors. As cleantech grows to become a more prominent sector locally and globally, Israel’s entrepreneurs will increasingly harness agriculture, high-tech and other cross-over technology to increase efficiency across a wide spectrum of industries, and continue to place Israel as […]

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Dance for the Dead Sea

As reported in Israel21C: Israeli choreographer-dancer Ido Tadmor has given an artistic boost for the Dead Sea campaign as this unique site competes in the finals of the New7Wonders of Nature contest. Tadmor took inspiration from the Dead Sea and filmed his dance piece at the Kalya Beach. “The Dead Sea is my favorite spot in […]

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ISRAELI ECONOMY GROWS 7.8% IN FOURTH QUARTER

  Israel’s economy grew 7.8% in the fourth quarter of 2010, the fastest pace in four years, and well beyond the Bank of Israel’s predictions of between 4.3 and 4.6 percent. Growth in the fourth quarter was mainly driven by private consumption and investments. Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics also reported a higher-than-expected annual growth […]

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Chilean miners visit Israel as guests of Tourism Ministry

‘Pilgrimage of Thanks’ brings the formerly trapped men to religious sites of Israel as well as tourist spots and a meeting with the president. After two months trapped underground in a collapsed mine as the world looked on in horror, 25 of the 33 rescued Chilean miners accepted the gift of a trip to Israel. […]

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Israeli technologies changing the face of Australian horticulture

TWO Israeli companies are combining their technologies and expertise to change the face of horticultural production in Australia. Specialist water soluble fertiliser supplier, Haifa, and irrigation equipment company, Netafim, are working with numerous distributors and growers across the country to introduce new methods of fertilising using their products. They are particularly promoting the practice of […]

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Clouds in the IT forecast

Israeli ‘cloud computing’ solutions such as CloudShare and Gizmox are helping to propel a massive worldwide move to virtual information technology services. A cloud has descended on the computing world – and in that cloud, the lion’s share of the applications we work with, and even the data we produce, eventually will reside. As the […]

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Message from the Visa Section at the Australian Embassy in Tel Aviv.

” Subclass 456 (Business Short Stay) visa to Australia.:  The processing time standard has been reduced from 10 work days to only 5 word days from the day the application is received at the Australian Embassy in Tel Aviv. This is in recognition of the special needs of the business community in the current global […]